Sarah Sherman McGrail is a seventh generation Southport Island native. She attended the island’s three-room school house, graduated from Boothbay Region High School with the Class of 1988, and furthered her education earning degrees in Graphic Arts from Central Maine Community College, a B.A. in English and a minor in Behavioral Science, with Honors, from the University of Maine at Augusta, and a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University.
In 1996, Sarah founded her own publishing house, Cozy Harbor Press, Inc., and has since self-published eight books—Southport: The War Years, An Island Remembers; Southport: The War Years, An Island Remembers; Heroes Among Us, A History of Boothbay Region’s Veterans During the Second World War; The Littlest Tugboat; Harbor Journal, Vol. I (Winner Best Self-Published Book—Maine Literary Awards 2007); Harbor Journal, Vol. II (Honorable Mention—Maine Literary Awards 2009), Original Tuskegee Airman LeRoy Battle’s memoirs, And The Beat Goes On in 2008, and Looking Back: A History of Boothbay Region’s Veterans During the Korean and Vietnam Wars, Volumes I & II.
In her spare time, Sarah is happiest at her island home, at the family camp in northern Maine, or traveling wherever the road may lead. In 2017, She retired as the Scoutmaster of Troop 238 and is very proud of her four Eagle Scouts and of all their accomplishments.
Author photo by Robert Mitchell.
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